destined

Thân thiện

The old house is destined to be demolished.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Predetermined by fate; certain to happen or be something: Describes something that is meant to occur or a person who is certain to become a particular thing, often as if by a predetermined plan or destiny.
   • Intended for a specific place or purpose; heading in a certain direction: Describes something or someone that is on a course toward a particular destination or goal.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective (Predetermined by fate):
  • She felt they were destined to meet.
  • The treaty was destined to fail from the start.
• Adjective (Intended for a place/purpose):
  • The ship was destined for the port of Singapore.
  • These aid packages are destined for the disaster zone.

Advanced Usage

• "destined for": This is the most common collocation.
  • When followed by a noun, it indicates a target destination or purpose: goods destined for export.
  • When followed by an infinitive verb ("to + verb"), it indicates a certain future outcome: He was destined to lead the company.
• "ill-destined" / "well-destined": (Less common) Can be used to comment on the perceived quality of the fate.
  • The ill-destined voyage ended in tragedy.

Variants and Related Words

• Destiny (n): The events that will necessarily happen to a particular person or thing in the future; fate.
  • She believed it was her destiny to become a doctor.
• Destination (n): The place to which someone or something is going or being sent.
  • Our final destination is Paris.

Synonyms

• Fated: Decreed or controlled by fate.
• Doomed: Likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome.
• Bound (for): Heading toward a place.
• Inevitable: Certain to happen; unavoidable.

Related Phrases

• Destined for greatness: Certain to become very successful or important.
  • Even as a child, the musician was destined for greatness.
• A marriage destined to last: A marriage that seems certain to be long-lasting, as if by fate.
  • Everyone could see it was a marriage destined to last.

Related Idioms

• Seal someone's destiny: To be the event that determines someone's future.
  • That one decision sealed his destiny as a leader.
• A twist of destiny/fate: An unexpected event that changes the course of future events.
  • By a twist of destiny, they met again twenty years later.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. (usually followed by `to') governed by fate
   • bound to happen
   • an old house destined to be demolished
   • he is destined to be famous
2. headed or intending to head in a certain direction; often used as a combining form as in `college-bound students'
   • children bound for school
   • a flight destined for New York

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